American Politics
A selection of recent articles on this topic
At the Taj Mahal In Atlantic City
As I was splitting a pair of queens to double my sawbuck bet, someone said “He’s here,”…
America Through Foreign Eyes
Americans: The View From Abroad by james c. simmons crown, 239 pages, $19.95 A zealous convert once…
Nature’s Call
In Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana the dissolute but not, he emphatically insists, officially “defrocked”…
Notes on the Culture Struggle: Dr. King in the Law Schools
The suggestion has been made on occasion in these pages that Americans are engaged in a Kulturkampf,…
An Open Letter on Abortion
I intend these remarks primarily for a specific group of people: those persons of good will who…
The Uses of Homophobia
The best way to win an argument is to control the terms of discussion. Any high school…
The Radical Paradigm and the New Racism
In confronting the race question in America today, we are faced with a paradox. On the one…
1789: A Requiem
Perhaps no English poem was more frequently cited during France’s 1989 Bicentennial year than William Wordsworth’s Prelude,…
Telling the American Catholic Story
Catholics in America have rarely taken the study of their history seriously. My own educational circumstances, which…
Religion and the New South Africa
Since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, the prospects for peaceful change in South Africa have seemingly improved.…
The Social History of American Religion
Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People by jon butler harvard university press, 360…
Faith and Politics
The Political Meaning of Christianity: An Interpretation by glenn tinder louisiana state university press, 257pages, $29.95 I…
A Minimalist Aristotle?
Innocence and Experience by stuart hampshire harvard university press, 195 pages, $20 Stuart Hampshire begins his new…
Insomnia
1. I start to dream I am waking and wake with a start from the dream. Shadows gather…
Nine Numbers
On card after card he sees it. Along with a harsh identity photograph And his preposterous signature, A black line…
